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    Giving Biltong a shot

    So I have had a hankering for some biltong. Time to give it a shot. Small test batch of around 2lb. cut an eye of round roast the into about 1in thick strips. Salted it with sea salt and let it sit in fridge for about 45min removed most salt with hands and then put it in a brine of malt...
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    Biltong, Three Kinds!!

    this looks awesome.
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    South African Droewors

    About to try my 1st batch of wors. I have a bit of billies hanging at the moment. Do you notice a big difference when using collagen VS sheep. I am trying to figure out what casing to use.Is one easier than the other and is there a noticable difference in taste/texture of finished wors? What cut...
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    Fantasy Football 2021

    I am newly active on the forum but interested in the fantasy league. Is it a yahoo league? Where can I find it?
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    Newbie cooking ribs

    Joined the site many years ago but never got a smoker. Time and life past and I eventually got a smoker. Just got a Pit Barrel Cooker a week ago. My first non gas grill of any type. Tried some St Louis ribs on first day but temp was out of control. Earlier this week I tried a pork butt. Besides...
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    Genoa UMAi Style

    Look Great. Can't wait to try this in about 2 months when I move into our house. Wife will not allow me to hang anything in out closet.
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    1st time actually stuffing

    Thanks guys. I will keep reading on here and practicing. Oh and keep eating.
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    1st time actually stuffing

    A week or so ago I thought I was going to stuff some breakfast links, but that did not work out. Yesterday I got a small butt so I could try again. Wanted to do some Italian links. I ended up going with this recipe from Len Poli site because it sounded good and I had the ingredients...
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    1st Time Sausage: Polish, Italian and BBQ (WUT??)

    From 1 first timer to another those look great.
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    Newbie Question/Help

    I just got a LEM 5lb vertical stuffer and thought I would try and make some breakfast links. I was not real successful. I used natural sheep casings that said they were 19 - 21mm. I really struggled to get them over the tube. Used the smallest plastic tube that came with my stuffer. Looks like...
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    Sponsored Giveaway for Inkbird 150 feet Bluetooth signal barbecue thermometer IBT-4XS with 4 probes

    My wife and I are going to be moving into our 1st house in WA state USA in about 2 months. I am most excited about being able to get a grill/smoker, wh.ich I can't have in an apartment. I will be starting to learn how to smoke all sorts of meat. This would be great for a new rookie to learn...
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    My 1st smoke.

    Bill Thanks. I did remove the fat cap prior to cooking. I am reading that some folks leave it on and face it up, so that it renders back into the meat. In that case I guess I would just score it some to allow smoke to get through. As far as my set up goes. I have the smoke from the mail box...
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    My 1st smoke.

    Thanks for the comments. No real reason to go 1st 4hrs at 220. I got the temp settled there so I just went with it. I then cranked it up because the wife was threatining to order pizza b/c she wanted dinner. I guess I figured 1.5hrs/lb so that is why I thought it was long. now I know. I think...
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    My 1st smoke.

    Bumping this (hope that is ok) so maybe someone can comment on time and toughness.
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    My 1st smoke.

    So I wanted to get into smoking meat. I only owned a small Char Griller propane grill. After reading the forum I saw that I can still giving smoking a shot. Now I am someone who does not even own a hacksaw and am more liable to cut my hand off with one than the actual thing I am sawing. Well I...
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    Meat cookin virgin in Q country

    Hi all. Living in SE North Carolina there are a fair few who know thier way around smokers. I am not one of them. I love good food in general and good Q ranks right up there in my books. I want to learn how to smoke and grill my own stuff, hence I am snooping around this place looking for...
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